Our New Kittens

Our cat had 3 kittens at the end of the stall where the chicken (that would get out) liked to lay her eggs.  The cat kept them there for a few days then decided to move them to ld hay barn.  She had them under some lumber stored there.  Monday afternoon I had checked on them and they were doing fine.
Tuesday morning Mel called me from the barn and said he thought the cat had moved her kittens into the strangest place and wanted me to check to see.  Sure enough, she had moved one of the kittens into a box that is on a hanging shelf Mel had fixed a while back for storing new potatoes.
How in the world the cat managed to jump from a nearby shelf onto this hanging shelf is beyond me!  It would be quite a challenge I would think with a kitten in her mouth to make the jump.  Regardless, she did make it.   Evidently overnight the cat moved her three kittens to a storage place in the horse barn and then when Mel had the barn door open feeding the horses and cats, she slipped in with a kitten and put it in the box.

The 3 kittens

Behind this door is where the cat had her kittens and is the same place the chicken preferred to lay.

A nest area between the buckets that was chosen by the cat and the chicken

The old hay barn

The hanging shelf

The box the kittens are in right now

A look inside the box where the mama cat and kittens are

Behind this wooden door is where the cat had put the kittens from the old hay barn.  Two of the kittens were still there.   After I found the one in the box on the hanging shelf,  I put the other 2 in the box with the one.  Mama cat seems to be happy and satisfied now!